diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix
index 1695e23514a..78aeb2a03ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installFlags = [
     "sysconfdir=${placeholder "out"}/etc"
     "localstatedir=${placeholder "out"}/var"
-    "runstatedir=${placeholder "out"}/var/run"
+    "runstatedir=${placeholder "out"}/run"
   ];
 
   postInstall = ''